Factors that affect decisions about physical activity and exercise in survivors of breast cancer: A qualitative study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-536

  Sander, Antoinette P ^a   Wilson, Jessica ^b   Izzo, Nicole ^c   Mountford, Stephanie A ^d   Hayes, Karen W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Marianjoy   (United States)

^c RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Athleti Co Lincoln Park/Lakeview   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84859205544     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110115     Document Type: Article

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